Capoeira Kicks : Benção

Below about Benção.

This literally means ‘blessing’, but getting one doesn’t feel like it...

The kick is aimed at the chest and it is normally used to push the opponent back. For a tall person like me, it’s useful for attacking while keeping my distance.

The Benção is a blow to poultry which aims to set up the abdomen of the opponent, whose leg is stretched behind the swing to straight ahead in order to push or move and not hit the opponent (as some groups do).

The "blessing" was spoken by blacks as a "blessing to. "

This can be traumatizing blow (hit) or destabilizing (push). Depending on the teacher it varies between one or the other. In some cases they are taught the two possibilities.